QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-2393

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

PI073

When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?

9/19/1987

Where was the documentation day held?

Pine

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

66"

3. Quilt Length:

74"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

All colors

9. Overall condition:

Fair/worn

Other damage to quilt:

Heavy wear

14. Date of Quilt:

1876-1900

Date quilt completed:

1885

15. Source of Fabric:

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Dress scraps

17. Layout format:

Crazy

18.1.2. Alternate name(s) for block pattern in common use:

Crazy Quilt

Size of quilt blocks:

35x32

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Side by side

22.2. Border descriptions:

4" plain strips, butted corners. Embroidered.

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

25.4 Other construction technique:

Applique

26.1. Embellishment techniques:

Embroidery; Painting

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Straight grain

29.2. Quilted by:

Guerillo, Teresa

30. Quilt notes and observations:

Dated Crazy quilt-some tatters, some fabrics disintegrating!

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Mills, LaWana Fulton

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

The quilt was previously owned by Marian ?- sister-in-law, Ida Mae Emmett. Gift from grandmother (Ida Mae Emmett) in 1975 in Payson, AZ to take care of it.

2. Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, or ephemera:

Pictures of quiltmaker

3. Quilt maker's name:

Guerillo, Teresa

Gender:

Female

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

Spanish

Religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quilt maker's occupation:

Dressmaker

City:

Small city

Spouse's/spouses' name(s):

Guerillo, Emmett

Spouse's/spouses' occupation(s):

Miner (maker married twice)

Number of children:

6

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

There are no other quilts by this maker.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

Jerome

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arizona (AZ)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

Quilt was made in honor of president's (Grover Cleveland?) visit to the Arizona Territory.

Source of the information on this quilt:

Maker is owner's great-grandmother.

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